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Morning all! Now that we're into September the Summer Walk is closed until next year. Here's a few sightings for this morning. Joe Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 14 Teal 200+ Shoveler 8 Wigeon 1 Mallard 49 Hide at west end of Peter Scott Trail Curlew 19 W
1 September 2013
News from 31st August - 12 Pink-footed Geese
Yes, can we call it autumn now? Twelve Pink-footed Geese arrived on the reserve on friday and were still present today. More Teal and Wigeon present too. The Garganey (imm/female) is still present from the Ron Barker Hide. A good selection of waders with
1 September 2013
Todays sightings
South Lake Great birding here again, a good range and number of waders. Most numerous are Lapwings with around 150, just under 100 Black Tailed Godwit and 90 Redshank with two Ruff among them. Highlight is a lovely Little Stint associating with four Littl
31 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 31st August 2013
1 Garganey - wader scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 30 House Martin - over reserve 2 Peregrine - on hospital across river 1 Hobby - over main lake 1 Whitethroat - grazing marsh Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Green
31 August 2013
New WWT reserve set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart on the north Somerset coast will be opened up to the sea in autumn
30 August 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
Special diverters to save thousands of migrating birds
The skies above West Lancashire are now safer for thousands of migrating birds thanks to the installation of more than 150 special flight diverters. Engineers from Electricity North West have been working with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at Ma
30 August 2013
New butterfly garden opened at WWT Slimbridge
Slimbridge’s horticulture team which worked to make the garden An area of land at WWT Slimbridge has been transformed into a beautiful butterfly garden thanks to the generosity of Avon Metals. The Gloucester Company
30 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Osprey - 1 flew North past the main observatory Hobby - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Black-tailed godwits Garganey - 1 drake in eclipse plumage from the Nelson-Lyle hide
30 August 2013
Today's Sightings
Weather: Warm and sunny Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Greenshank - 2 Lapwing - 172 Redshank - 84 Common Snipe - 8 Grey Heron - 16 Shelduck - 2 Shoveler - 10 Gadwall - 14 Mandarin Duck - 1 Saline Lagoon Greens
30 August 2013
Not as wild as you might think!
WWT Welney Wetland Centre makes the natural world more accessible than ever Finding a day out that accommodates all the family’s needs doesn’t have to be a nightmare - what if we told you there was a way to combine close-up natural encounters with g
30 August 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Garganey 1 Juvenile Little Stint 1 Juvenile ( moved between here and South lake several times) Spotted Redshank 1 Juvenile Redshank 4 Little-ringed Plover 5 Ruff 4 Snipe 4 Green Sandpiper 3 Teal 500 Shoveler 30 The South Lake Black-tailed G
30 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 30th August 2013
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 3 Snipe - wader scrape Great Crested Grebe chick - sheltered lagoon at least 1 chick with parent 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 6 Chiffchaff - South route, wildside Recent bird highlights: G
30 August 2013